Tug to Dad JokesEnglish • 1 year agoI thought the dryer was shrinking my clothes....message-square16arrow-up177arrow-down125file-text
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minus-square@TheMinionslinkEnglish6•1 year agoI should say, I understand the joke. But the language of saying “it was the refrigerator that made my clothes shrink” just isn’t very funny to me. Maybe it’s because a refrigerator can’t actually do anything other than chill stuff, where as a dryer can shrink and dry clothes.
minus-square@Vee4linkEnglish4•1 year agoI could see Norm making a joke similar to this, but Id imagine he’d add onto the end by saying something after a pause, when the audience is visibly confused, like “Because I was getting fat. I was eating too much.”
minus-square@APassengerlinkEnglish2•1 year agoAgree. It’s too many “hops” for most people and the confusion:laughter ratio gets thrown off. It’s not delighted surprise, it’s… “wut?? Oh.”
I should say, I understand the joke.
But the language of saying “it was the refrigerator that made my clothes shrink” just isn’t very funny to me.
Maybe it’s because a refrigerator can’t actually do anything other than chill stuff, where as a dryer can shrink and dry clothes.
I could see Norm making a joke similar to this, but Id imagine he’d add onto the end by saying something after a pause, when the audience is visibly confused, like “Because I was getting fat. I was eating too much.”
Agree. It’s too many “hops” for most people and the confusion:laughter ratio gets thrown off. It’s not delighted surprise, it’s… “wut?? Oh.”